(medicine) Hair loss that is due to increased shedding occurring after a metabolic disturbance.
Telogen effluvium
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Telogen effluvium is characterized by excessive and early entry of hairs into the telogen phase.[1][2]:752-3
Causes
Marked emotional or physiological stressful events may result in an alteration of the normal hair cycle and lead to diffuse hair loss, with causes including fever, childbirth, chronic illness, major surgery, anemia, severe emotional disorders, crash diets, hypothyroidism, and drugs.[1][3]:640
See also
References
- ^ a b Marks, James G; Miller, Jeffery (2006). Lookingbill and Marks' Principles of Dermatology (4th ed.). Elsevier Inc. Page 263. ISBN 1-4160-3185-5.
- ^ James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology. (10th ed.). Saunders. ISBN 0721629210.
- ^ Freedberg, et al. (2003). Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine. (6th ed.). McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0071380760.
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